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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — When 13,000 fans pour into the Dunkin’ Donuts Center for the NCAA tournament games this weekend, they will experience security changes that have been put into effect over the past year.

Nearly 100 knives have already been confiscated from the new metal detectors installed last month.

“Some of them are not illegal, but we don’t allow any knives,” warned General Manager Lawrence J. Lepore.

Lepore admitted this is a more aggressive measure than in the past, but terrorism is a growing threat.

“We have to secure the events with the NCAA,” he explained. “A lot of things with the state police and Providence police worked on, and those things are in place to make sure we have a safe event.”